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	<title>Comments on: The Sequester Should Be Embraced, not Feared</title>
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		<title>By: Dear Senator Pryor, here are some spending cut suggestions (“Thirsty Thursday”, Open letter to Senator Pryor, cartoon included) &#124; The Daily Hatch</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-60856</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dear Senator Pryor, here are some spending cut suggestions (“Thirsty Thursday”, Open letter to Senator Pryor, cartoon included) &#124; The Daily Hatch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] especially fond of this Glenn Foden cartoon since I’m sick and tired of the absurd hyperbole from the interest groups in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: A Tax on Email? WHAT THE&#8230;&#160;&#160;YoungPatriots.com</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-60300</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Tax on Email? WHAT THE&#8230;&#160;&#160;YoungPatriots.com]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] All that the sequester has done is make federal spending GROW by $2.4 trillion instead of $2.5 trillion over the next decade. So&#8230;we will still have spent more this year when we spent last year. That does not qualify as spending cuts! [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] All that the sequester has done is make federal spending GROW by $2.4 trillion instead of $2.5 trillion over the next decade. So&#8230;we will still have spent more this year when we spent last year. That does not qualify as spending cuts! [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Earth to New York Times: Please Show Us these “Deep Spending Cuts” You Keep Writing About &#124; lessbull.com</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-58053</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Earth to New York Times: Please Show Us these “Deep Spending Cuts” You Keep Writing About &#124; lessbull.com]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] job. I have to read the same nonsense day after day about “deep spending cuts” even though&#160;I keep explaining to journalists&#160;that a sequester merely means that spending climbs by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] job. I have to read the same nonsense day after day about “deep spending cuts” even though&nbsp;I keep explaining to journalists&nbsp;that a sequester merely means that spending climbs by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Sequester Cartoons from Dan Mitchell’s blog Part 3 &#124; HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sequester Cartoons from Dan Mitchell’s blog Part 3 &#124; HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] especially fond of this Glenn Foden cartoon since I’m sick and tired of the absurd hyperbole from the interest groups in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: Excellent Sequester Cartoons &#124; International Liberty</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-58000</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Excellent Sequester Cartoons &#124; International Liberty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] especially fond of this Glenn Foden cartoon since I&#8217;m sick and tired of the absurd hyperbole from the interest groups in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: Sequester perspectives &#124; Suitable For Mixed Company</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-57951</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sequester perspectives &#124; Suitable For Mixed Company]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] job. I have to read the same nonsense day after day about “deep spending cuts” even though I keep explaining to journalists that a sequester merely means that spending climbs by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] job. I have to read the same nonsense day after day about “deep spending cuts” even though I keep explaining to journalists that a sequester merely means that spending climbs by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Earth to New York Times: Please Show Us these &#8220;Deep Spending Cuts&#8221; You Keep Writing About &#124; International Liberty</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-57768</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Earth to New York Times: Please Show Us these &#8220;Deep Spending Cuts&#8221; You Keep Writing About &#124; International Liberty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] I have to read the same nonsense day after day about &#8220;deep spending cuts&#8221; even though I keep explaining to journalists that a sequester merely means that spending climbs by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I have to read the same nonsense day after day about &#8220;deep spending cuts&#8221; even though I keep explaining to journalists that a sequester merely means that spending climbs by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? &#171; OBAMA-B-GONEOBAMA-B-GONE</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-57457</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? &#171; OBAMA-B-GONEOBAMA-B-GONE]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] hysterical rhetoric from the White House, the bureaucracies, and the various pro-spending lobbies in Washington, the [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] hysterical rhetoric from the White House, the bureaucracies, and the various pro-spending lobbies in Washington, the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? :</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-57454</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? :]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] hysterical rhetoric from the White House, the bureaucracies, and the various pro-spending lobbies in Washington, the [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] hysterical rhetoric from the White House, the bureaucracies, and the various pro-spending lobbies in Washington, the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? &#124; Sago</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-57418</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? &#124; Sago]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] hysterical rhetoric from the White House, the bureaucracies, and the various pro-spending lobbies in Washington, the [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] hysterical rhetoric from the White House, the bureaucracies, and the various pro-spending lobbies in Washington, the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? &#171; International Liberty</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-57387</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? &#171; International Liberty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] hysterical rhetoric from the White House, the bureaucracies, and the various pro-spending lobbies in Washington, the [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] hysterical rhetoric from the White House, the bureaucracies, and the various pro-spending lobbies in Washington, the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Puma-By-Design001&#8242;s Blog &#124; Grumpy Opinions</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-56513</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Puma-By-Design001&#8242;s Blog &#124; Grumpy Opinions]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] His comments on the sequester are blatantly false and over blown,the guy isn&#8217;t capable of making a non-partisan speech, he had to bring in class war fare as he attempted to tie it to Republicans.  [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] His comments on the sequester are blatantly false and over blown,the guy isn&#8217;t capable of making a non-partisan speech, he had to bring in class war fare as he attempted to tie it to Republicans.  [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-56448</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting Federal spending down to 18.2% of GDP seems like a pipe-dream at this point. Going to be even harder without entitlement reform. We all know there is zero chance of Obama and the Senate Democrats cooperating on entitlement reform (including welfare reform).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Getting Federal spending down to 18.2% of GDP seems like a pipe-dream at this point. Going to be even harder without entitlement reform. We all know there is zero chance of Obama and the Senate Democrats cooperating on entitlement reform (including welfare reform).</p>
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		<title>By: bydesign001</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-56381</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bydesign001]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged this on &lt;a href=&quot;http://pumabydesign001.com/2013/02/10/40955/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PUMABydesign001&#039;s Blog&lt;/a&gt;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reblogged this on <a href="http://pumabydesign001.com/2013/02/10/40955/" rel="nofollow">PUMABydesign001&#039;s Blog</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Oh the terrible catastrophe of sequester &#171; 4TH ST8</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-56322</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oh the terrible catastrophe of sequester &#171; 4TH ST8]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Mitchell of the Cato Institute has crunched the numbers in that recent CBO report and comes up with a chart that illustrates the depths and breadth of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: The Owl&#8217;s Weekend Spectacular! &#124; TheOwlBlog.com</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-56320</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Owl&#8217;s Weekend Spectacular! &#124; TheOwlBlog.com]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Mitchell of Cato Institute points out the false hysteria being spread by Prez O and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: Zorba</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-56317</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zorba]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone half-convinces a group of alcoholics to skip drinking for a few days. &quot;Don&#039;t quit, it&#039;s going to be ugly warns the group leader&quot;. Sure enough, in a body half adapted to living from the pernicious metabolism of alcohol, abstaining for a few days precipitates the predictable withdrawals. They go back to drinking, ridiculing and declaring the whole cessation attempt as a dumb idea. They go back to listening to their leader, deepening their destruction. 

But what is needed is not drinking cessation for a few days. It is permanent reduction of alcohol consumption. Like the alcoholics, the lemmings, voter-lemmings that is, will have to ride the path they chose all the way to the bottom.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone half-convinces a group of alcoholics to skip drinking for a few days. &#8220;Don&#8217;t quit, it&#8217;s going to be ugly warns the group leader&#8221;. Sure enough, in a body half adapted to living from the pernicious metabolism of alcohol, abstaining for a few days precipitates the predictable withdrawals. They go back to drinking, ridiculing and declaring the whole cessation attempt as a dumb idea. They go back to listening to their leader, deepening their destruction. </p>
<p>But what is needed is not drinking cessation for a few days. It is permanent reduction of alcohol consumption. Like the alcoholics, the lemmings, voter-lemmings that is, will have to ride the path they chose all the way to the bottom.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-sequester-should-be-embraced-not-feared/#comment-56315</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged this on &lt;a href=&quot;http://thisgotmyattention.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/1761/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This Got My Attention&lt;/a&gt; and commented: 
This seems like the only way to get any sort of handle on excessive - abusive - federal government spending.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reblogged this on <a href="http://thisgotmyattention.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/1761/" rel="nofollow">This Got My Attention</a> and commented:<br />
This seems like the only way to get any sort of handle on excessive &#8211; abusive &#8211; federal government spending.</p>
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